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Defunct Airlines

Last post by EA01 « Wed Jul 03, 2024 9:18 am
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by OneHungLow » Sun Apr 23, 2023 10:28 am

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A is for Aardvark...I have recently been reading up on Skyways Ltd (British airline) having just finished re-reading Henry Longhurst's account of his...

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Air Vanuatu, and their sole 737, with the delightful rego YJ- AV8 , sadly has gone under. The only time we've lost on an airline, being a national...

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Last post by EA01
Wed Jul 03, 2024 9:18 am
Flying Conspiracy tales...

Last post by tango15 « Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:21 am
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by TheGreenAnger » Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:54 am

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SAA, in a pariah state.

Whatever the case a truly terrible thing for all the crew and passengers. Still shocking to listen to the CVR.

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I've worked extensively with Aer Lingus for many years, including an A330 course in Dublin. Always a very cool operation IMHO.

:-bd

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Last post by tango15
Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:21 am
Commemorative Menus from 1981

Last post by Alisoncc « Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:48 am
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by EA01 » Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:50 am

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I hope the below link works...browsing about on Flea bay & I came across the below Commemorative Menus. They commemorate the year TAA introduced the...

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Haven't got a commemorative menu, but the shiny metal teaspoon in my tea caddy is stamped QANTAS . :D

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Last post by Alisoncc
Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:48 am
Airlines that are no longer with us!

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Fri Feb 04, 2022 2:54 pm

by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Feb 04, 2022 2:54 pm

A place to remember those carriers that we might have worked for, travelled on, or studiously avoided.

I was sorry to hear that Air Namibia had gone...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Fri Feb 04, 2022 2:54 pm
I own set #336

Last post by fareastdriver « Thu Sep 02, 2021 2:23 pm
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by EA01 » Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:52 am

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I hope the below link works...

After 40 years I thought they would be worth more than $40.00 :(

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You don't have to pay £25.

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Last post by fareastdriver
Thu Sep 02, 2021 2:23 pm
How it used to be???

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Fri Aug 13, 2021 7:11 am
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by ian16th » Mon Jun 27, 2016 3:42 pm

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Civillian Flying in the 50's

All my flying in the 50's was restricted to:
Avro Anson
Handley Page Hastings
Vickers Varsity
Blackburn Beverley

So I...

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The history of Captain Lipawsky and his death along with all his crew and passengers (see Woody's post ref. the loss of South African Airways Flight...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Fri Aug 13, 2021 7:11 am
Another thing from 1981

Last post by Alisoncc « Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:31 am
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by EA01 » Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:14 pm

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The day QANTAS 747-SP 'City of Gold Coast' visited the 'Gold Coast', I remember seeing it fly down the coast from the garage of 205 Sunshine...

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Both Boac, or was it speedy, and self got to visit Pan Ams very first 747 at Hatton Cross in 1969. Actually it was the very first commercial 747 to...

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Last post by Alisoncc
Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:31 am
British Caledonian at 50.....

Last post by EA01 « Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:22 am
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by CharlieOneSix » Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:34 am

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Yesterday, 30 November, was the 50th anniversary of British Caledonian becoming an airline. This advert was issued on the 10th anniversary in 1980...

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Yes...B Cal...never heard of them being from Australia...until seeing them in the mid 8's when I first ended up at Gatwick...but back then there was...

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Last post by EA01
Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:22 am
BOAC in the old days

Last post by ian16th « Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:44 pm
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by Bergerie 1 » Fri Jul 31, 2020 5:19 am
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Do you remember the days when airline flying was glamorous, people dressed up to travel and airports were pleasant places to visit? Must be getting...

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Living in Singapore, the non-aviation telephonists used geographical names, B for Brazil, M for Minnesota, F for France, S for Sydney etc. Novel !...
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Last post by ian16th
Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:44 pm
Well, I hope this is good!

Last post by EA01 « Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:36 am

by EA01 » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:36 am

And if it is I hope you can log into 'SBS' Australia to watch it! :)

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Last post by EA01
Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:36 am
You're Too Late

Last post by Woody « Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:13 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:55 am

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Qantas puts former 747 bar carts on sale

Qantas puts former 747 bar carts on sale

(CNN) — Qantas may have retired its Boeing 747 fleet, but for...

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Apart from the 100th Anniversary key ring made from a retired 747 that was given to all serving staff BA have done the square root of f**k all with...

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Last post by Woody
Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:13 am
Orkney Aviation Festival

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:32 pm
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by ricardian » Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:42 pm

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55 years of the Britten-Norman Islander .
Comment by someone living on North Ronaldsay:
A fascinating talk on 55 years of the Britten-Norman...

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......but it would be great to put Twatt in my logbook!
Always wanted that as well, I flew by it several times! My boss from the late 60's flew one...

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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:32 pm
Empire - When 1/4 of the world and gin was, mostly, pink..

Last post by tango15 « Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:36 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:19 pm

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I've read 'Beyond the Blue Horizon', a fabulous read indeed! :)

Just ordered the electronic version. The government needs the VAT, I believe :|

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Last post by tango15
Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:36 pm
QF Farewell the 747

Last post by ian16th « Wed Jul 15, 2020 12:09 pm
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by EA01 » Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:22 am

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Drove down to Surfers Paradise beach today to watch the 'joy flight', farewell of QANTAS 747-438 (VH-OEJ),.... and what a sight it was! :) ....down...

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I was mentally reminiscing the many hours spent on the 747, when I realised that my last trip on one was with Iberia!

What a low point to go out on...

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Wed Jul 15, 2020 12:09 pm
31 years ago

Last post by Capetonian « Tue May 05, 2020 12:11 pm
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by ricardian » Sat Dec 21, 2019 1:16 pm

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Lockerbie

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He was almost certainly guilty of something.

The only concern I have is the waste of taxpayers' money.

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Last post by Capetonian
Tue May 05, 2020 12:11 pm
Dan at Man

Last post by Boac « Mon May 04, 2020 2:17 pm
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by Ibbie » Sun May 03, 2020 9:48 am

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Thought some of you might like to have a read at this article by The Aviation Society at Manchester:

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An amzingly modest consumption!!

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Last post by Boac
Mon May 04, 2020 2:17 pm
Would one go back to airline flying?

Last post by ExSp33db1rd « Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:58 am
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by Slasher » Tue Oct 01, 2019 7:56 am

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In TRABB I mentioned I sat next to a fellow retiree on my way to HKG last night.

We talked about why we retired. He quit at 54 because he’d had a...

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Yes, my grandson showed interest after I had let him fly me around a bit at that age, but being 12,000 nm. away doesn’t help and he is drifting...

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Last post by ExSp33db1rd
Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:58 am
Sioux City DC10 Captain Has Died

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:19 am
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by FD2 » Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:29 am

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Al Haynes, captain of the United Airlines DC10 which crash landed at Sioux City Airport has died. A subject discussed during CRM courses for many...

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The 1972 BEA Trident crash at Staines was also cited in courses, but as an illustration of the way a flight should not be conducted. Apparently the...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:19 am
Harry Goodman -Air Europe

Last post by Fatzdaddio « Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:39 pm
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by Ibbie » Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:54 am

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The man who brought us Air Europe, together with package holiday companies Enterprise, Intasun and Club 18-30 in the International Leisure Group,...

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I had the experience in Air Europe of flying to Jersey in the Capt seat when I was an F/O and flying back to Gatwick in the F/O seat as a Capt.

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Last post by Fatzdaddio
Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:39 pm
British Island Airways

Last post by Fatzdaddio « Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:33 pm
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by om15 » Sat Jan 09, 2016 5:57 pm

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Does anyone have connections or memories of British Island Airways? this was my first civilian job, I joined in June 1979 at Blackpool as an airframe...

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I flew BAC 1-11 with BIA and had great life experiences flying with people who mostly were nice and tolerant ..important for me !!

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Last post by Fatzdaddio
Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:33 pm
Epic journey of Pan Am Clipper remembered

Last post by ian16th « Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:47 am
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by Slasher » Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:26 am

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Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:47 am
When Britain Ruled the Skies BBC4 tonight 1900Z

Last post by Capetonian « Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:20 pm

by Capetonian » Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:20 pm

A look at how by the 1960s the UK's passenger airline industry was the largest in the world.
(Part 2)

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Last post by Capetonian
Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:20 pm
From biplanes to Concorde

Last post by Woody « Sat Mar 09, 2019 6:54 pm
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by Capetonian » Sat Jul 14, 2018 5:15 am

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Some excellent photos in this one. Usual DM inaccuracies, for example :

A BEA Viscount 800 receiving its passengers. The Viscount is the most...

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Here’s G-BNLY repainted back into LANDOR livery

Operating BA211 to Miami from T3, nearly 2 hours late :((

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Last post by Woody
Sat Mar 09, 2019 6:54 pm
High Performance Passenger Airliners

Last post by boing « Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:49 pm
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by Slasher » Sat Nov 17, 2018 1:09 pm
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Nice one Plum! 👍🏻

I'd been on the DC9-30 for about a year when my arse got strapped to the 72. The DC9 was a real leather jacket 'n bitchpad machine...

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The 727 was definitely not a high altitude aircraft, the engines were not powerful enough which left you staggering for height if you pushed it too...
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Last post by boing
Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:49 pm
PIA

Last post by 1DC « Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:28 pm
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by Wodrick » Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:10 pm

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The mention of AI and PIA above got one to reminiscing.

A few years ago I am running the Line Engineering shift at Manchester, we've done the...

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In the early sixties i was joining a ship in the Persian Gulf,when i received my flight tickets i was disappointed to find i was flying PIA to...

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Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:28 pm

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